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Episodes 3 & 4 are on iPlayer now.
It's definitely gone off the boil. The previously subtle scripting has declined in to the main characters sitting around a meeting, all just saying "Yes, no, absolutely" in turn. The comic timing has gone and it's now become very clearly scripted where's as before I felt the dialogue was almost believable as genuine.
The Ian Fletcher character, who took the audience's point of view and appeared to share their frustration, has transformed in to another BBC corporate idiot like the rest.
It's definitely gone off the boil. The previously subtle scripting has declined in to the main characters sitting around a meeting, all just saying "Yes, no, absolutely" in turn. The comic timing has gone and it's now become very clearly scripted where's as before I felt the dialogue was almost believable as genuine.
The Ian Fletcher character, who took the audience's point of view and appeared to share their frustration, has transformed in to another BBC corporate idiot like the rest.
cuprabob said:
Time to.park the BBC and move on to another organisation such as the Football Association.
Nah, railways or TfL.I guess the difficulty is finding an organisation to agree to be lampooned.
No one really "owned" London2012 so there was no one to get offended. W1A is self-deprecating but anything else could cause issues.....which is almost worthy of an episode in itself.
FiF said:
And the W1A thread just turns into the Top Gear thread, various randoms watching it religiously so they can then log in and post how crap it is.
998 other channels before we even get to Netflix et al.
Personally I properly LoL'd at parts. Childish, yep. So what.
SPOILERS..... scroll down998 other channels before we even get to Netflix et al.
Personally I properly LoL'd at parts. Childish, yep. So what.
I don't think we were being asked to laugh at the head injury, we were laughing at the stupidity and ridiculous nature of the whole thing; and she was told to have a quiet day taking it easy....
Then.... the door that wasn't open moment - I am afraid I went back and watched that a few times - laughing out loud. The head injury was incidental IMHO.
ps - Paramedic saying; Hi Anna, you're not doing well today are you - or similar, seemed to be ignored by everyone.
I didn't watch Twenty Twelve or any of the first seasons of W1A. Someone I work with said I should watch as it was like a hidden camera on our office.
Watched the first two episodes last night. Pissing myself with laughter. Its funny anyway but it is exactly like the place I work in. The meetings are hilarious. "Yes, sure yes. Brilliant. Great, Yes b
ks."
The syncopatic booking system crashing because two people booked separate rooms with the same title is just like our booking system also.
Watched the first two episodes last night. Pissing myself with laughter. Its funny anyway but it is exactly like the place I work in. The meetings are hilarious. "Yes, sure yes. Brilliant. Great, Yes b
ks."The syncopatic booking system crashing because two people booked separate rooms with the same title is just like our booking system also.
williamp said:
getting cheap laughs from someone with a head injury. Is that sound the barrel scraping?? maybe next week they'll be someone with a funny foreign accent who gets misunderstood...
The Post Office called and left a card saying they tried to deliver your new sense of humour but you weren't in.
Try watching the program again and put events in their true context.
Slaav said:
SPOILERS..... scroll down
I don't think we were being asked to laugh at the head injury, we were laughing at the stupidity and ridiculous nature of the whole thing; and she was told to have a quiet day taking it easy....
Then.... the door that wasn't open moment - I am afraid I went back and watched that a few times - laughing out loud. The head injury was incidental IMHO.
ps - Paramedic saying; Hi Anna, you're not doing well today are you - or similar, seemed to be ignored by everyone.
Brilliant. Hurrah!I don't think we were being asked to laugh at the head injury, we were laughing at the stupidity and ridiculous nature of the whole thing; and she was told to have a quiet day taking it easy....
Then.... the door that wasn't open moment - I am afraid I went back and watched that a few times - laughing out loud. The head injury was incidental IMHO.
ps - Paramedic saying; Hi Anna, you're not doing well today are you - or similar, seemed to be ignored by everyone.
I missed last night's episode on the TV so watched on iplayer, then ended up watching ep6 straight after; I think that's the end of the series as they always had short runs. I do agree the setting for the show seems to be wearing thin now, but assuming I watched the series cliff hanger I'm already hooked and begging for the next series!
Crossflow Kid said:
williamp said:
getting cheap laughs from someone with a head injury. Is that sound the barrel scraping?? maybe next week they'll be someone with a funny foreign accent who gets misunderstood...
The Post Office called and left a card saying they tried to deliver your new sense of humour but you weren't in.Try watching the program again and put events in their true context.
The joke was that the crap she talked with a head injury was only slightly worse than the crap she talks anyway.
My favourite line so far was in Episode 4 ... from a character I'm growing to love :-). The only 1 who has an ounce of normality :-)
There is NO lunch time news. It's just one big avalanche of s**t with 24hr shovelling.
Some of the meeting dialogue is getting repetitive & I find myself listening in for the little nuggets that are buried in the nonsense.
Still love it.
There is NO lunch time news. It's just one big avalanche of s**t with 24hr shovelling.
Some of the meeting dialogue is getting repetitive & I find myself listening in for the little nuggets that are buried in the nonsense.
Still love it.
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